8 CCR 1202-15 Part 1 - Definitions and Abbreviations
1.1.
"Behavioral-control device" means any apparatus used to control a pet animal's
behavior.
1.2. "Building" means any
structure that has a roof and walls especially a permanent structure. It can be
any structure that is designed or intended for support, enclosure, shelter or
protection of persons, animals or property having a permanent roof that is
supported by columns or walls.
1.3.
"Cleaning" means mechanical removal of organic matter and waste through
application of soap, detergent, or other cleaning agent followed by rinsing of
all surfaces with clean water.
1.4.
"Commissioner" means the Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture or the
Commissioner's designee.
1.5.
"Commingle" means combine animals from different owners in a common area or
enclosure.
1.6. "Common area" means
play yards or areas where dogs are commingled for exercise or social
interaction.
1.7. "Crate" means an
enclosure that, at a minimum, permits normal postural movement and allows the
animal to stand, turn around, and lie down in a manner that is specific to the
species held within the enclosure.
1.8. "Department" means the Colorado
Department of Agriculture.
1.9.
"Direct supervision" means to be physically present with the pet animals being
supervised.
1.10. "Facility" means
all buildings, yards, pens, and other areas, or any portion thereof, at a
single location in which any animal is kept, handled, or transported for the
purpose of adoption, breeding, boarding, grooming, handling, selling,
sheltering, trading, or otherwise transferring animals.
1.10.1. "Animal rescue" means any firm,
person, or corporation that accepts pet animals for the purpose of finding
permanent adoptive homes for these animals and does not maintain a central
facility for keeping animals.
1.10.2. "Animal sanctuary facility" means a
sub-classification of "animal shelter," is any private facility that harbors
pet animals, that is not used for impoundment purposes, and that is used
exclusively for the purpose of caring for or housing pet animals
indefinitely.
1.10.3. "Animal
shelter facility" means any firm, person, or corporation, whether public or
private, that houses pet animals for impoundment purposes; or a centralized,
private facility that accepts or houses pet animals and whose facilities are
self-contained and used exclusively for the purpose of caring for and housing
pet animals according to these Rules.
1.10.4. "Bird breeder facility" means any
firm, person, or corporation engaged in the operation of breeding and raising
birds that produces or transfers more than 30 birds per 12-month
period.
1.10.5. "Boarding/training
facility" means any firm, person, or corporation that cares for, or houses more
than three pet animals at one time, or trains pet animals in the absence of the
owner, or such owner's designee, and receives compensation for said services or
correctional facility pet animal training programs regardless of
compensation.
1.10.6. "Cat breeder
facility" means any firm, person, or corporation that is engaged in the
operation of breeding and raising cats and that produces more than three
litters of kittens or transfers more than 24 cats per 12-month
period.
1.10.7. "Commercial pet
animal facility" means any firm, person, or corporation, whether on a permanent
or temporary basis that uses pet animals exclusively for commercial exhibition,
recreation or sporting purposes.
1.10.8. "Dog breeder facility" means any
firm, person, or corporation that is engaged in the operation of breeding and
raising dogs and that produces more than two litters of puppies or transfers
more than 24 dogs per 12-month period.
1.10.9 "Groomer" means any person engaged in
the operation of changing the physical appearance of the skin, coat, hair, or
feathers of pet animals at a licensed pet animal groomer facility for
compensation.
1.10.10. "Groomer
facility" means any permanent or mobile establishment where a person pays a fee
to have his pet animal's skin, coat, hair, or feathers cleaned, styled, or
maintained or where a person pays to have his animal's physical appearance
changed.
1.10.11. "Pet transporter"
means any firm, person, or corporation that accepts pet animals for
transportation or relocation for the purpose of adoption, rescue, selling,
harboring, sheltering, trading, or otherwise transferring from one location to
another.
1.10.12. "Pet handler"
means a firm, person, or corporation that does not maintain a central permanent
facility for the purposes of training or housing dogs but that maintains a
mobile or temporary facility for the purposes of transporting or training a pet
in the absence of the owner and receives compensation for his
services.
1.10.13. "Pet animal
dealership-retail" means any place or premises, used in whole or part, whether
on a permanent or temporary basis, for the sole or exclusive purpose of retail
selling, trading, bartering, or otherwise transferring pet animals directly to
the public.
1.10.14. "Pet animal
dealership-wholesale" means any place or premises, used in whole or part,
whether on a permanent or temporary basis, for the sole or exclusive purpose of
selling, trading, bartering, or otherwise transferring pet animals to a retail
pet animal dealership.
1.10.15.
"Reptile/Amphibian (Herptile) breeder facility" means any firm, person, or
corporation that is engaged in the operation of breeding and raising
reptiles/amphibians (herptiles) and that produces or transfers more
reptiles/amphibians (herptiles) than the maximum number established by the
Commissioner by Rule for each particular species.
1.10.16. "Retail aquarium only pet animal
facility" means any place that trades, sells, barters, or otherwise transfers
fish, hermit crabs, or aquatic pet animals to the public.
1.10.17. "Small animal breeder facility"
means any firm, person, or corporation that is engaged in the operation of
breeding and raising small mammals and produces or transfers more small mammals
than the maximum number established by the Commissioner by Rule for each
particular species.
1.11.
"Enclosure" means any location within a facility where a pet animal is housed
primarily for the purpose of eating and sleeping, which is not a common area
used for exercise or social interaction.
1.12. "Foster dam" means a lactating female
animal placed with unweaned animals of similar species for the purpose of
nutritional support.
1.13 "Foster
home" means a site that, through a written agreement with a licensed shelter or
rescue facility, provides care for pet animals that are otherwise the
responsibility of the shelter or rescue.
1.14. "Indoor" means the area or space inside
a building.
1.15. "Infirm" means
not physically or mentally strong, especially through age or illness.
1.16. "Isolation" means the separation, for
the period of communicability, of infected animals from others in such place
and under such conditions to prevent the direct or indirect transmission of the
infectious agent from those infected to those that are susceptible or that may
spread the agent to others.
1.17.
"Isolation area" means a location where animals infected with disease may be
placed to contain, control, and limit the spread of the disease.
1.18. "Isolation room" means an isolation
area enclosed with walls that reach ceiling to floor, a ceiling, and door,
having separate ventilation to the outside.
1.19. "Nonhuman primate" means all animals in
the families lemuridae, indriidae, daubentoniidae, lorisidae, tarsiidae,
cebidae, callithricidae, cercopithecidae, and pongidae.
1.20. "Outdoors" means in or into the open
air; outside a building or shelter.
1.21. "PACFA" means the Pet Animal Care and
Facilities Act, §§
35-80-101 through
117, C.R.S.
1.22. "Pool" means a man-made structure used
to hold water that uses a filtration system and is chemically treated, or in
which the water is changed as needed, to maintain adequate
cleanliness.
1.23. "Research
institute" means a governmental or private institution that uses or intends to
use live animals in research, tests, or experiments for scientific
investigation or in a systematic search for facts.
1.24. "Sink" means a wide bowl that has a
faucet for water and a drain at the bottom and is usually positioned in a
counter or on a pedestal.
1.25.
"Surgery" means the act of incising living tissue; an operative
procedure.
1.26. "Temporary
facility" means any pet animal facility operating only as a temporary sales or
adoption site.
1.27. "Temporary
single retail event" means a show or exhibit held once in a calendar year for a
maximum of 48 hours, where animals are sold from a single temporary
location.
1.28. "Tether" means to
restrain a pet animal by tying the pet animal to any object or structure, by
any means, including, but not limited to, a chain, rope, cord, leash, or
running line. Tether does not include using a leash to walk a dog.
1.29. "Transfer" means adopt, sell, give
away, trade, barter, exchange, return, or any other conveyance of ownership of
a pet animal.
1.30.
"Water-resistant" means that which repels water.
1.31. "Year" means any twelve-month
period.
1.32. "Zoological park"
means a facility accredited by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association or
licensed as a zoological park pursuant to §
33-4-102(13)(a),
C.R.S., as amended.
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